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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Color warning for "Search" textbox
From:       Iñaki <ibc2 () euskalnet ! net>
Date:       2006-05-25 21:14:46
Message-ID: 200605252314.46448.ibc2 () euskalnet ! net
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El Jueves, 25 de Mayo de 2006 23:00, Luca C escribió:
> On 25/mag/06, at 21:55, Iñaki wrote:
> > Sometimes the "Search" textbox gets the focus accidentally and the
> > user
> > doesn't realize of it, so when pressing any key an annoying
> > behavior occurs
> > (in Kmail, Kaddressbook, amaroK...). This is an usability issue,
> > isn't it?
> >
> > So, I think it could be convenient to warn the user when the
> > "Search" textbox
> > is being used.
> >
> > I propose a red background when the "Search" textbox has the focus
> > (see the
> > mockup in the link of the bottom). Maybe somebody can suggest a
> > better way
> > for this warning.
>
> Well, how can you suppose that the search textbox has the focus?
> I propose two things instead, you can add a strong outline to the
> textbox that has the focus, 


> or, based on your idea use yellow instead 
> of red.

Yes, I have already chaged to a yellow color because red means "error" (thanks  
Aaron):
  http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=39772



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Iñaki
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